Milk-pail cover.



W. R. BUTNER.

MILK PAIL COVER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1911.

1,009,646. Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

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MILK-PAIL COVER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

Application filed July 26, 1911. Serial No. 640,645.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, WILLIAM It. BUTNER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Topaz, in the county of Mono and State of California,have invented a new and Tmproved Milk-Pail Cover, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to milk pail covers, my more particular purposebeing to produce an improved cover possessing peculiar advantages, andadapted for use in connection with ordinary standard milk pails.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification in which like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view showing my improved milk pail cover as applied to apail; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3is a fragmentary section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrow.

The pail is shown at 6 and is provided with ears 7 each car beingsecured in place by rivets 8. A. bail 9 is provided with a handle 10 andwith up-turned portions 11 engaging the ears which extend slightly abovethe top of the pail.

The milk pail cover is shown at 12 and has a general convex form, asindicated in Fig. 3. This cover is provided with a lip 13 turnedslightly upward and is further provided with a cup 14, this cup having afront wall 15; that is, the wall disposed nearest the up-turned portion13 of the cover, is inclined slightly, as indicated in Fig. 3, in orderto facilitate pouring milk out of the pail, the bottom of the wall 15being near the adjacent surface of the pail body so that the cup issomewhat distorted from a symmetrical form, as indicated in Fig. 3. Thefront wall 15 of the cup is provided with holes 16, the rear wall 17 ofthe cup being similarly provided. with holes 18. The cup extendsdownwardly through a large central opening in the cover. The holes 16,18 are arranged in horizontal rows, the lowermost of which are spaced alittle above the bottom of the cup.

The cover 12 is provided with a lip 19 which slightly overhangs the wall15, and is curved slightly upward or outward, as indicated in Fig. 3.The purpose of this lip is to retain the foam, when the pail is tiltedin order to pour out the milk. The

cover 12 is further provided with hooks 20 disposed oppositely to eachother, each hook 520 being bent into proper form to engage one of theears 7. The two hooks 20 are mounted upon and integral with wire memhere21, each wire member being secured by a solder connection 22 to the pailcover. "Whenever the cover is placed in its normal position on the pailbody as indicated, the hooks 20 are pressed firmly against the ears 7,very effectively holding the cover in position. 011 this account Iconveniently design ate the hooks 20 as gripping hooks.

The inclination of the rear wall 17 of the cup is considerably greaterthan that of the front wall 15. The purpose of this arrangement is toenable the cover 12 to be lifted away from the pail body without dangerof the cup catching upon the upper surface of the pail body. Theconsiderable slant given to the wall 17 facilitates this purpose. Theoperator by grasping the cover can lift it almost directly away from thepail with little or no precaution to raise it first vertically upward.This shape of the cup also facilitates the replacement of the cover andpractically enables it to be thrust back into position. The upper edgeof the pail body serves as a guide for the cover 12, and consequentlyguides the hooks 20 into proper position so that they engage the ears 7.

The operation of my device is as follows: The cover 12 is placed inposition as above described, the hooks 20 being properly guided toengage the respective outer surfaces of the ears 7, and by pressingagainst these cars, very effectively hold the cover in position. Themilking is now accomplished, and a little milk accumulates in the cup.As soon, however, as the milk reaches the lowermost row of holes 16, 18,the milk is drained off practically from its upper surface, and thustrickles or drops into thepail body, gradually filling the latter. Anydirt which happens to find lodgment in the cup cannot readily find itsway into the pail, being retained in the cup by virtue of the fact thatit cannot readily pass through the holes. Moreover, if the dirt happensto be of the kind which readily sinks into the milk, it will drop intothe bottom of the cup and there remain. When the milking is finished, alittle milk will remain in the bottom of the cup, and even this may besaved. For this purpose the cover is disengaged and lifted gradually todifferent angles. The

milk is thus drained out of the cup and the dirt retained therein. Alittle practice enables this to be done to perfection. The dirt beingthus separated and left within the cup may, of course, be readily thrownout. In order to disengage the cover, it is simply grasped by the handsand moved to the right, according to Figs. 2 and 3, being at the sametime slightly lifted and thus carried obliquely upward so that thebottom of the cup misses the adjacent upper edge of the pail body.

I do not limit myself to any particular materials to be used in theconstruction of the pail, or any part thereof. However, it may bedesirable to make the cover of metal and of proper proportions to fitthe standard pail.

Having thus described by invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a milk pail cover, the combination ofa milk cover member provided with an opening and with a cup extendingfrom said opening, said cover being convex and provided with a lipportion overhanging one edge of said cup, said cover member beingprovided with means for holding it upon a pail body.

2. The combination of a pail body provided with ears, a bail providedwith portions extending through said ears, a cover for said pailbodyysaid cover being provided with hooks for engaging said ears inorder to hold said cover upon said pail body, and a cup mounted uponsaid cover and depending below said opening, said cup hav ing a wallinclined in the proximate direc tion in which said hooks extend toprevent said cup from engaging said pail body when said cover is liftedupwardly therefrom at an angle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WIIILIAM R. BUTN'ER.

Witnesses:

T. E. BUTTER, W. J. RADLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

